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e0NSTITUTI0N. 

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SONS or THe RevoLurioN- 




HEREAS, it has become evident from 
the decHne of proper celebration of 
such National holidays as the Fourth 
of July, Washington's Birthday, and 
the like, that popular interest in the 
events and men of the War of the 
Revolution is less than in the earlier days of the Re- 
public ; 

And, whereas, this lack of interest is to be attributed, 
not so much to lapse of time and to the great flood of 



immigration from foreign countries, as to the neglect on 
the part of descendants of Revohitionary heroes to per- 
form their duty of keeping before the public mind the 
memory of the services of their ancestors, and of the 
times in which they lived, and of the principles for which 
they contended ; 

Therefore, the Institution of the "Sons of the 
Revolution " has been formed and established in the 
United States of America, to perpetuate the memory of 
the men who, in military, naval or civil service, by their 
acts or counsel, achieved American Independence ; to 
promote and assist in the proper celebration of the 
anniversaries of Washington's Birthday, the Battles of 
Lexington and Bunker Hill, the Fourth of July, the 
Capitulations of Saratoga and Yorktown, the formal 
Evacuation of New York by the British Army, on the 
3d of December, 1783, as a relinquishment of territorial 
sovereignty, and other prominent events relating to or 
connected with the War of the Revolution ; to collect 
and secure for preservation the manuscript rolls, re- 
cords and other documents and memorials relating to 
that War ; to inspire among the members and their 
descendants the patriotic spirit of their forefathers ; to 
inculcate in the community in general sentiments o^ 
Nationality and respect for the principles for which the 
patriots of the Revolution contended ; to assist in the 
commemorative celebration of other great historical 



events of National importance, and to promote social 
intercourse and the feeling of fellowship among its 
members. 

ARTICLE I. 

The Institution shall be known by the name, style 
and title of ** Sons of the Revolution." 

ARTICLE II. 

The Institution shall be National and perpetual, and 
shall include all members wherever admitted. 



ARTICLE III. 

The purposes of the Institution are to cherish and en- 
courage among its members and their descendants, and 
among the people of the United States, the patriotic 
spirit of the men, who, in military, naval or civil service, 
by their acts or counsel, achieved American Independ- 
ence ; to perpetuate the memory of their deeds, and to 
maintain the immutable principles for which they 
contended ; to promote and assist in the proper com- 
memorative celebration of Washington's Birthday, and of 
prominent events relating to or connected with the War 
of the Revolution, and other great historical events ot 
National importance; to collect and secure for preser- 
vation the manuscript rolls, records and other documents- 



and memorials relating to the War of the Revolution, 
and to promote social intercourse and the feeling of 
fellowship among its members. 

ARTICLE IV. 
Any male person, above the age of twenty-one years, 
shall be eligible to membership in the ''Sons of the 
Revolution " who is descended from an ancestor who, 
either as a military or naval officer, soldier, sailor, or 
official in the service of any one of the thirteen original 
Colonies or States, or of the National Government repre- 
senting or composed of those Colonies or States, assisted 
in establishing American Independence during the War 
of the Revolution, between the 19th day of April, 1775, 
when hostilities commenced, and the 19th day of April, 
1783, when they were ordered to cease; and no person 
other than such shall be eligible to membership in the 
** Sons of the Revolution ;" 

Provided : That when the claim of eligibility is based 
on the service of an ancestor in the ''militia," it must 
be satisfactorily shown that such ancestor was actually 
called into the service of the State or United States, and 
performed garrison or field duty ; and 

Provided further : That when such claim is based on 
the service of an ancestor as a " sailor," it must in like 
manner be shown that such service was regularly per- 
formed in the Continental Navy, or the Navy of one of 



the original thirteen States, or on a vessel, other than a 
merchant ship, which sailed under letters of marque and 
reprisal, and that such ancestor of the applicant was duly 
enrolled in the ship's company, either as an officer, sea- 
man, or otherwise than as a passenger; and 

Provided further : That when such claim is based on 
the service of an ancestor as an official in the civil service 
of the United States, or of one of the thirteen original 
States, such service must have been sufficiently impor- 
tant in character to have rendered the official specially 
liable to arrest and imprisonment if captured by the 
enemy, and not the ordinary duties of a civil office, 
the performance of which did not particularly and effect- 
ively aid the American Cause. 

In the construction of this article, the civil officials 
and military forces of the State of Vermont, during the 
War of the Revolution, shall be comprehended in the 
same manner as if they had belonged to one of the thir- 
teen original States, 

No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying 
service for membership in the **Sons of the Revolu- 
tion " where such ancestor, after assisting in the cause 
of American Independence, shall have subsequently 
either adhered to the enemy, or failed to maintain an 
honorable record throughout the War of the Revolution, 
and no person shall be admitted unless he be judged 
worthy of becoming a member. 



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ARTICLE V. 
The Society having been instituted for National pur- 
poses, and incorporated for convenience under the laws 
of the State of New York as the " Sons of the Revolu- 
tion," may nevertheless, for the sake of frequent com- 
munications, be supplemented, in the several States and 
Territories, by Societies co-ordinate and co-equal thereto, 
through which membership may be acquired and the 
purposes of the Institution in general more fully and 
more effectively promoted ; and each of such State 
Societies, when duly constituted, shall thereafter have 
exclusive jurisdiction in the particular State or Territory 
in which it may be organized. 

ARTICLE VI. 
Whenever fourteen or more persons ehgible for mem- 
bership, all residing in any one State or Territory of the 
United States, shall apply to the Society to be authorized 
to organize a State Society in such State or Territory, 
or having associated and combined themselves into a 
provisional organization in such State or Territory, shall 
apply for recognition and acceptance as such State So- 
ciety, the Society may, at a stated or special meeting, by 
a vote of three-fourths of the members present, grant 
such application : Provided, however, that only one State 
Society shall be authorized or accepted and thereupon 
duly constituted in any State or Territory. 



ARTICLE VII. 
Every State Society, when duly constituted, will regu- 
late everything respecting itself consistent with the 
purposes and maxims of the '' Sons' of the Revolution." 

1. Its title shall be, "Sons of the Revolution 
in the State of . . . ." (or ''Territory of ....," or 
"District of Columbia"). 

2. Its jurisdiction shall extend only to the State 
or Territory wherein it is constituted. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

The officers of every Organization of the "Sons of 
the Revolution," shall be a President, a Vice-President, 
a Secretary, and a Treasurer, to be chosen from among 
the members enrolled therein, and a Board of Managers, 
consisting of these officers, ex-officio^ and as many other 
members as may be designated by the By-Laws of each 
respectively; subject, however, to such limitations and 
requirements as to the number and composition of the 
Board as may be prescribed by any Statute applicable 
to the particular Organization. 

For com.mon record purposes and for the convenience 
of the several jurisdictions, the Society shall also have 
an officer known as Registrar, who shall receive, file and 
keep of record, in the City of New York, the names and 
residences of all officers and members, proofs upon which 
memberships have been granted, declarations of members 



on admission of adherence to the Constitution, circular 
letters, and the By-Laws and Standing Regulations 
adopted in any meeting, and also copies of all publications 
issued by any Organization, and the proceedings of all 
Councils, together with a list of all diplomas countersigned 
by him, which records shall always be open to the in- 
spection of any member. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Every Organization of the "Sons of the Revolution," 
respectively, may adopt By-Laws and Standing Rules 
and Regulations not inconsistent with this Constitution, 
or any Statute applicable thereto, and provide in the 
same for the imposition of dues, fees and penalties, 
and for the expulsion of any member enrolled therein 
who, by a conduct inconsistent with a gentleman and a 
man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of the 
community in general or the Organization in particular 
wherein he is enrolled, or for other cause, may render 
himself unworthy to continue a member. 

The By-Laws, however, may provide for the restora- 
tion to membership of any person thus expelled, unless 
the cause of expulsion involved turpitude or moral 
unworthiness. 

No person thus expelled shall subsequently be 
admitted to membership in any other Organization of 



the ''Sons of the Revolution," without the consent 
first had and obtained of the Organization from which 
he was expelled; and no such consent shall be valid 
where the person thus expelled cannot, by reason of the 
cause of expulsion, be restored to membership in the. 
Organization from which he was expelled. 

ARTICLE X. 
Every Organization of the "Sons of the Revolution,"" 
respectively, shall judge of the qualifications of the 
members who may be proposed : Provided, however, 
that where a State Society is duly constituted in a State 
wherein the applicant permanently resides, he can ac- 
quire membership only in that jurisdiction, unless, how- 
ever, he be a descendant of a member or former member 
enrolled in another jurisdiction, in which case he may: 
apply to and be admitted in either one or the other. 

ARTICLE XL 
Every Organization of the " Sons of the Revolution "' 
shall write annually, or oftener if necessary, a circular 
letter to the other meetings, noting whatever they may 
think worthy of observation respecting the good of the- 
Institution in general or the purposes of its formation, 
and giving information of the officers chosen for the 
current year, and a list of the members enrolled therein, 
with their respective residences. 



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ARTICLE XIL 

The Secretary of every Organization of the "Sons of 
THE Revolution " shall transmit for record to the Regis- 
trar, immediately after the admission of any members, 
duplicates of the applications for membership, and of 
other proofs, if any, upon which such members were 
admitted ; and annually, on the third day of December, 
or within twenty days thereafter, shall transmit in like 
manner a list of officers and members and their respective 
residences, and the circular letters, By-Laws, Standing 
Rules and Regulations, and publications of such separ- 
ate meeting, and also any necrological list for the year 
then closing, with carefully prepared biographies of the 
deceased members. 



ARTICLE XIII. 

An annual meeting of every Organization of the ** Sons 
OF THE Revolution '' shall be held on the third day of 
December in every year, at which an election of officers 
shall take place for the ensuing year, except when such 
date shall fall on Sunday, in which case the meeting shall 
be held on the following day. 

At every meeting the purposes the Institution will of 
be fully considered and the best measures to promote 
them adopted. No question, however, involving the 
party politics of the Day within the United States shall 



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ever be discussed or considered in any meeting of the 
"Sons of the Revolution." 

The several Secretaries shall, when practicable, give 
published notice of the time and place of their respective 
annual meetings, and shall also notify the other Secre- 
taries thereof. Provided, however, that the annual meet- 
ing of the Society shall always be held in the City of 
New York. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

I. Any member, wherever admitted, shall, when attend- 
ing any meeting or celebration whatsoever of the "Sons 
OF THE Revolution," have all the privileges and rights of 
membership therein other than voting, which privilege 
shall be confined to the jurisdiction wherein he shall be 
duly enrolled. Provided, however, that any member, 
wherever admitted, who may attend any meeting of the 
Society for the election of President, Vice-President, 
Secretary, Treasurer or Registrar, shall be privileged to 
vote for such officers ; and provided, further, that any 
member, wherever admitted, who may attend any meet- 
ing of the Society for action upon any application under 
Article VI. of this Constitution, shall be privileged to 
vote thereon. 

2. Any member, wherever admitted, who may have 
permanently removed to a State or Territory wherein an 
Organization of the "Sons of the Revolution " may be 



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duly constituted, shall, if he so desires, be transferred 
thereto immediately upon filing, with the Secretary of that 
Organization, his formal letter of request accompanied by 
a certificate from the Secretary of the jurisdiction wherein 
he is enrolled that he is in good standing therein, and 
has satisfied his pecuniary obligations thereto. Provided^ 
however, that any member enrolled in any State Society 
may, on removal, permanently, to a State or Territory 
wherein there is no duly constituted State Society, be 
transferred in like manner to the Society. 

3. A member shall not be exempt from his obligations 
to the jurisdiction wherein he is enrolled solely on account 
of absence therefrom, but shall continue in all privileges 
of membership therein. 

4. Resignation or voluntary withdrawal from member- 
ship shall only become effective as a release from the 
obligations thereof, when consent has been given in the 
manner provided in the By-Laws of the jurisdiction 
wherein the member is enrolled. 

ARTICLE XV. 

Whenever a written complaint shall be formulated by 
any Organization of the "Sons of the Revolution," or 
by the Board of Managers thereof, to the effect that any 
provision of this Constitution has been infringed upon 
or transgressed by any other Organization of the same, 
or that any member (or members) enrolled in such other 



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Organization has rendered himself unworthy to continue 
a member by a conduct inconsistent with a gentleman 
and a man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests 
in general of the community or of the "Sons of the 
Revolution," the Organization wherein the complaint 
shall have been preferred may call a Council, to meet in 
the City of New York, on an appointed day and withm 
a reasonable time, which Council shall consist of the 
President (or Vice-President, in case of his death, resigna- 
tion or inability to attend), or a representative designated 
specially, as it may prefer, by every Organization of the 
* ' Sons of the Revolution " respectively. 

Twenty days' notice of the time and place of the con- 
vening of such Council shall be given to the party com- 
plained of, together with a copy of the complaint. 

Such Council shall be limited in its jurisdiction to the 
investigation, on due hearing, of such complaint and of 
any replication thereto, and it shall have full power to 
redress such complaint and to compel conformity to the 
Constitution in whatever way may be deemed necessary, 
and to rescind any act in violation thereof, and to expel 
any member (or members) complained of whom it may 
adjudge unworthy to continue a member for the cause 
stated. 

Such Council may also, in enforcement of its decision 
in such proceeding, summarily expel any member (or 
members) who shall, after notice thereof, fail or neglect 



to comply with its order thereunder, and no person ex- 
pelled under any provision of this Article shall be restored 
to membership unless with the express consent of every 
Organization of the ''Sons of the Revolution." 

The Council shall choose its Chairman pro tempore 
from among its own members, and may designate any 
member whomsoever to act as Secretary pro tempore and 
to record its proceedings and communicate its resolves 
and orders, and to perform such other appropriate duties 
as may be required. 

At such Council a majority of the members entitled to 
be present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
of business. 

It may adjourn from time to time, as the circumstances 
of the particular case may require, and at the final con- 
clusion of the business for which it was convened it shall 
become functus officio, but may be reassembled, in like 
manner, to investigate any other complaint under this 
Article preferred by any Organization of the ''Sons of 
THE Revolution " or by the Board of Managers thereof. 

ARTICLE XVI. 
The seal of the "Sons of the Revolution" shall be 
one and seven-eighths of an inch in diameter, and shall 
consist of the figure of a minute-man in Continental 
uniform, standing on a ladder leading to a belfry, and 
holding in his left hand a musket and an olive branch. 



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and grasping in his right hand a bell-rope. Above^ 
the cracked "Liberty bell"; issuing therefrom a ribbon, 
bearing the motto of the "Sons of the Revolution'': 
^' Exegi Monumenlum ^re Peren7iius." Across the top 
of the ladder, on a ribbon, the figures '"I'j'jb," and at 
the left of the minute-man, and also on a ribbon, the 
figures " 1883," the year of their institution ; the whole 
encircled by a band three-eighths of an inch wide ; 
thereon at the top thirteen stars of five points each, and 
at the bottom the legend, "Sons of the Revolution;" 
the following being a fac-simile thereof: 




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The Secretary of every Organization of the "Sons of 
THE Revolution/' respectively, shall be the custodian of 
the seal thereof, which seal shall be identical in every 
particular with this description. 



ARTICLE XVIL 

The insignia of the *' Sons of the Revolution " shall 
consist of the badge pendant from the ribbon by a ring 
of gold. 

The badge shall be elliptical in form, with escaloped 
edges, one and one-quarter inches in length, and one 
and one-eighth inches in width ; the whole surmounted 
by a gold eagle, with wings displayed, inverted. On 
the obverse side a medallion of gold in the centre, 
elliptical in form, bearing on its face the figure of a 
soldier in Continental uniform, with musket slung. 
Beneath, the figures *' 1775 ; " ^^^ medallion surrounded 
by thirteen raised gold stars of five points each upon a 
border of dark blue enamel. 

On the reverse side, in the centre, a medallion, corre- 
sponding in form to that on the obverse, and also in 
gold, bearing on its face Houdon's portrait of Washing- 
ton in bas-relief, encircled by the legend, ''Sons of the 
Revolution." Beneath the figures "1883," and upon 
the reverse of the eagle the number of the particular 
badge engraved, the medallion surrounded by a plain 



gold border conforming in dimensions to the obverse, 
upon which members may have their names engraved 
in script. 

The ribbon shall be dark blue, ribbed and watered, 
edged with buff, one and one-quarter inches wide and 
one and one-half inches in displayed length. 

The insignia shall be worn by the members conspicu- 
ously and only on the left breast on all occasions when 
they shall assemble as such for any stated purpose or 
celebration. The badge shall never be worn as an article 
of jewelry. 

For the purpose of securing uniformity in design and 
proper fabrication, the Treasurer of the Society shall have 
under his sole control the insignia and the die from which 
the badge is made ; shall alone issue the insignia to the 
members wherever admitted, at the net cost price, and 
shall keep a record of all issued by him, and such 
record shall always be open to the inspection of any 
member. 

Such insignia shall be returned to the Treasurer of the 
Society by any member who may formally withdraw or 
resign or be expelled, but otherwise it shall be deemed 
an heirloom. 

No member shall receive more than one badge, unless 
to replace one, the loss or destruction of which shall first 
i^e satisfactorily established. 



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The following being a fac-simile of such insignia 




REVERSE. 



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On occasions other than the meetings for any stated 
purpose or celebration, members may wear a rosette 
of the prescribed ribbon and pattern in the upper but- 
ton-hole of the left lapel of the coat. 

The respective Treasurers shall alone issue the rosettes 
to members. 

The following being a facsimile of the same, which 
shall not exceed fifteen millimetres in diameter; 




ARTICLE XVIII. 

Every member, wherever admitted, shall be entided to 
receive a certificate of membership, which shall be authen- 
ticated by the President and Secretary of the jurisdiction 
wherein the member may be enrolled, and countersigned 
by the Registrar of the Society, and the seal of the 
''Sons of the Revolution " affixed. It shall be in form 
following : — 



©one of tbe IRevolutiom 

Be it known that has been duly 

admitted a member of this Institution in right of the 

services of in the cause of 

American Independence during the War of the Revo- 
lution. 

In testimony whereof, the names of the proper officers 
and the seal of the Society are hereunto affixed. 

Dated this day of . , in the year of our 

Lord .... thousand .... hundred and . . . ., and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the ... . 



I L.s. I President of the Society 
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Secretary of the Society 

[In the State of ] 

Registrar. 



ARTICLE XIX. 

It shall be a standing Rule that the members shall, 
when practicable, hold a commemorative celebration and 
dine together, at least once every year, in their respective 
territorial localities. 



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ARTICLE XX. 



Every member, wherever admitted, shall declare upon 
honor that he will conform to this Constitution, and 
observe the By-Laws, Rules and Regulations made in 
pursuance thereof, and endeavor to promote the pur- 
poses of this Institution. 

Such formal declaration shall be subscribed in dupli- 
cate, and one original thereof transmitted to the Regis- 
trar for record. 

ARTICLE XXI. 

Every Organization of the ''Sons of the Revolution" 
shall be subject to and bound by all the provisions of 
this Constitution, and no alteration, addition, or amend- 
ment shall be made to the same, unless agreed to by all 
such Organizations. 





soaeTY 



SONS or THe RevoLurioN- 



INCORPORATED THE 3d DAY OF MAY, 1884. 

BY-LAWS, 

SECTION I. 

EMBERS shall be elected as follows : 
Candidates shall send their respec- 
tive applications and documents, 
or other proofs of qualification for 
membership, to the Board of Man- 
agers ; and, upon a favorable de- 
cision by said Board, and upon 
payment of the initiation fee and subscription to the 
declaration required by the Constitution, shall thereupon 
become members of the Society. 




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No person shall be admitted to membership unless he 
shall have first made written application, in duplicate, 
therefor, approved by two members over their signa- 
tures. 

SECTION II. 

The initiation fee shall be five dollars ; the annual 
dues, three dollars ; or the payment at one time of 
seventy-five dollars shall constitute a life member, and 
the member so paying shall thenceforth be exempt from 
the payment of annual dues. 

Any member who may contribute one hundred and 
fifty dollars to the permanent use of the Society, shall be 
exempt from the payment of annual dues, and this 
exemption shall extend in perpetuity to his lineal succes- 
sors in membership, one at a time, who may be selected 
for such exemption by the Society. 



SECTION III. 

In order to form funds which may be respectable, and 
assist the unfortunate, all life-membership fees or dona- 
tions for the purpose which shall hereafter be paid the 
Society, shall remain for ever to the use of the Society ; 
the interest only of which, if necessary, to be appropriated 
to the relief of the unlortunate. 



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SECTION IV. 



The Society shall hold an annual meeting on the third 
day of December, in every year, at which a general elec- 
tion of officers by ballot shall take place, except when 
such date shall fall on Sunday, in which case the 
meeting shall be held on the following day. In such 
election, a majority of the ballots given for any office 
shall constitute a choice ; but if, on the first ballot, no 
person shall receive such majority, then a further ballot- 
ing shall take place in which a plurality of votes given 
for any office shall determine the choice therefor. 



SECTION V. 

At all meetings of the Society thirty members shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



SECTION VI. 

The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, 
or in his absence a Chairman /r^? tempore, shall preside 
at all meetings of the Society and of the Board of Man- 
agers, and shall exercise the usual functions of a presid- 
ing officer, under general parliamentary rules, subject to 
an appeal to the Society, in proper cases under those 
rules. The President shall be, ex officio, a member of all 



committees. He shall represent the Society in every 
Council for which the Society shall not have chosen a 
representative either specially for such Council or for a 
definite period during which such Council may be 
called. 

He shall also perform such other representative duties 
on behalf of the Society, either personally or by corres- 
pondence, as it or the Board of Managers may find 
desirable or necessary, or as customarily appertain to 
his office, and he shall enforce a strict observance of the 
Constitution, By-Laws and Standing Regulations. 

In case of his decease, resignation, neglect to serve, 
or inability from any cause to act as President, the duties 
of the office shall devolve on the Vice-President, until the 
vacancy caused by such decease, resignation, or neglect 
to serve, shall be filled, or until the inability shall cease. 

SECTION VII, 

The Secretary shall conduct the general correspond- 
ence of the Society and keep a record thereof. He 
shall notify all qualified and accepted candidates of 
their admission, and perform such other duties as the 
Society, or Board of Managers, or his office, may 
require of him. He shall have charge of the seal, 
certificates of incorporation, by-laws, historical and 
other documents and records of the Society other than 



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those required to be deposited with the Registrar, and 
shall affix the seal to all properly authenticated certifi- 
cates of membership, and transmit the same without 
delay to the member for whom it is issued or to his 
proper representative. He, together with the presiding 
officer, shall certify all acts of the Society, and, in 
proper cases, authenticate them under seal. He shall 
have charge of all printing and publications directed by 
the Society or by the Board of Managers. He shall 
give due notice of the time and place of all meetings of 
the Society, and of the Board of Managers, and shall 
attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate 
records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society, 
and of the Board of Managers, and shall give notice 
to the several officers of all votes, orders, resolves, and 
proceedings of the Society or of the Board of Managers, 
affecting them or appertaining to their respective duties; 
and, at the annual meeting, and oftener, if required, 
shall report to the Society the names of those candidates 
who have been admitted to membership, and also the 
names of those members whose resignations or voluntary 
withdrawals have been consented to and accepted, and 
also the names of those members who have been expelled, 
or dropped for non-payment of dues, or who have been 
received or dropped from the roll by transfer since the 
last report. In his absence from any meeting, a Secretary 
pro tempore may be designated therefor. 



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SECTION VIII. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and 
securities of the Society ; and as often as those funds 
shall amount to one hundred dollars they shall be de- 
posited in some bank in the City of New York to the 
■credit of the Society of the "Sons of the Revolution," 
and shall be drawn thence on the check of the Treasurer 
for the purposes of the Society only. Out of these 
funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by 
the Society, or by the Board of Managers, and shall 
perform such other duties as the Society, or Board of 
Managers, or his office, may require of him. He shall 
keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and, 
at each annual meeting, render the same to the Society, 
when a committee shall be appointed to audit his 
accounts. 

For the faithful performance of his duty, he shall give 
such security as the Society, or Board of Managers in 
lieu of its action thereon, may from time to time require. 



SECTION IX. 

At every annual meeting the President may designate 
a Chaplain and a Historian for the ensuing year, from 
among the members, and, in case of the happening of a 
vacancy in either of these offices, the President may. 



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in like manner, fill such vacancy for the unexpired 
term. 

The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister 
of a Christian denomination, and it shall be his duty to 
open and close all meetings with customary chaplaincy 
services, and perform such other duties as ordinarily 
pertain to such office. 

The Historian shall keep a detailed record, to be 
deposited with the Secretary, of all the historical and 
commemorative celebrations of the Society ; and he 
shall edit and prepare for publication such historical 
addresses, essays, papers and other documents of an 
historical character, other than a Register of Members, 
as the Secretary may be required to publish ; and at 
every annual meeting, if there shall be a necrological 
list for the year then closing, he shall submit the same, 
with carefully prepared biographies of the deceased 
members. 

SECTION X. 

The Board of Managers shall be fifteen, namely : The 
President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, ex- 
officio, and eleven other members, who shall be elected 
at the annual meeting in every year, in the same manner 
as the officers of the Society. 

They shall judge of the qualifications of every candi- 
date who shall make proper application for admission to- 



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the Society, and shall have power to admit him to mem- 
bership therein, if found eligible under the Constitution. 

They shall, through the Secretary, call special meet- 
ings of the Society at any time, upon the written request 
of fifteen members of the Society, and at such other 
times as they themselves may see fit ; and they may 
arrange for commemorative celebrations by the Society. 

They shall recommend plans to the Society for pro- 
moting its purposes, and, when practicable, may digest 
and prepare business for its meetings. 

They shall generally superintend the interests and 
shall have the control and management of the affairs 
and funds of the Society, as authorized by law. They 
shall also perform such duties as may be prescribed by 
the Constitution or By-Laws, or required by any Stand- 
ing Regulation or resolve of the Society. They shall be 
competent to consent to and to accept the resignation 
or voluntary withdrawal from membership of any en- 
rolled member of the Society. 

They shall supervise all publications issued in its 
name, and they may require the attendance of any 
Member of the Society enrolled therein, or any Com- 
mittee thereof, at any meeting, for consultation and 
advice. 

The Board of Managers shall meet as often as they 
may desire, or at the call of the President, or upon the 
written request of any three members of the same. 



A majority of the Board of Managers shall be a 
quorum for the transaction of business. 

At every annual meeting they shall submit to the 
Society a general report of their proceedings during the 
year then closing. 



SECTION XI. 



The Registrar shall perform the duties enjoined upon 
such officer in the Constitution. 

SECTION XII. 

Upon the demand of five members at any meeting of 
the Society, the ayes and nays shall be called on any pend- 
ing motion or resolve which may be voted upon and 
duly entered on the minutes. 

SECTION XIII. 
No person who may be enrolled as a member in this 
Society shall be permitted to continue in membership 
where the proofs of claim of qualification by descent are 
found to be defective and insufficient to substantiate such 
claim, or not properly authenticated. The Society, or the 
Board of Managers, may, at any time after thirty days' 
notice to such person to properly substantiate or authen- 
ticate his claim, require the Secretary to erase his name 
from the list of members, and such person shall there- 



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upon cease to be a member: Provided, he shall have failed 
or neglected to comply satisfactorily with such notice. 

Where the Board of Managers shall direct the erasure 
of a person's name for a cause comprehended under this 
section, such person shall have a right of appeal to the 
next annual meeting ; but he shall not be restored to 
membership unless by a majority vote on that occasion, 
or at a subsequent meeting to which the consideration of 
the appeal may have been specifically postponed. 



SECTION XIV. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to expel any 
enrolled member of this Society who, by a conduct 
inconsistent with a gentleman and a man of honor, or 
by an opposition to the interests of the community in 
general or of this Society in particular, may render him- 
self unworthy to continue a member, or who shall per- 
sistently transgress, or, without good excuse, wilfully 
neglect the performance of any obligation enjoined by 
the Constitution, or by these By-Laws, or by any Stand- 
ing Regulation of this Society. Pi-ovided, that he shall 
have received at least ten days' notice of the complaint 
preferred against him, and of the time and place for 
hearing the same, and have been thereby afforded an 
opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. 

Whenever the cause of expulsion shall not have in- 



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volved turpitude nor moral unworthiness, any mem- 
ber thus expelled may, upon the recommendation of the 
Board of Managers, but not otherwise, be restored to 
membership by the Society at any meeting. 

The Board of Managers shall also have power to drop 
from the Roll the name of any enrolled member of the 
Society who shall be at least two years in arrears in the 
payment of dues, and who, on notice to pay the same, 
shall fail and neglect to do so within ten days thereafter, 
and, upon being thus dropped, his membership shall 
cease and determine, but he may be restored to member- 
ship at any time by the Board of Managers, on his 
application therefor, and upon his payment of all such 
arrears and of the annual dues from the date when he was 
dropped to the date of his restoration. The Board 
of Managers may also suspend any officer from the per- 
formance of his duties, for cause ; which proceeding 
must be reported to the Society and acted upon by it 
within thirty days, either by rescision of the suspension 
or removal of the suspended officer from office, or other- 
wise the suspension shall cease. 



SECTION XV. 

Whenever an officer of this Society shall die, resign, 
or neglect to serve, or be unable to properly perform the 
duties of his office bv reason of absence, sickness, or 



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other cause, the Board of Managers shall have power to 
appoint a member to such office pro /e??ipore, who shall 
act in such capacity until the Society shall elect a suc- 
cessor, or until the inability due to "absence, sickness 
or other cause" shall cease. Provided, however, that the 
office of President shall not thus be filled by the Board 
of Managers, when there shall be a Vice-President to 
enter upon its duties. 

In like manner, the Board of Managers may supply 
vacancies among its members, under the same con- 
ditions and limitations, and in case any member thereof, 
other than an officer, shall be absent from three con- 
secutive meetings of the same, his place therein may be 
declared vacant by the Board of Managers and filled by 
an appointment which shall continue in full effect until 
the Society shall elect a successor. 

Subject to these provisions, all officers of the Society, 
and the members of the Board of Managers, shall, from 
the time of their election or appointment, continue in 
their respective offices until the next annual meeting, and 
until their respective successors shall be duly chosen. 

SECTION XVI. 
No resignation or voluntary withdrawal from member- 
ship of any member enrolled in this Society shall become 
effective as a release from the obligations thereof, unless 
consented to and accepted by the Board of Managers. 



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SECTION XVII. 

It shall be a Standing Rule that, upon the decease of 
any niember residing within the territorial jurisdiction 
of the Society, notice thereof and of the time and place 
of the funeral, shall be given by the Secretary by publica- 
tion, and It shall thereupon become the duty of the 
members, when practicable, to attend the obsequies. 

Any member, upon being informed of the decease of 
a member, resident as stated, shall make it his business 
to see that the Secretary is promptly notified of the fact. 

SECTION XVIIl. 

No alteration of the By-Laws of this Society shall be 
made unless such alteration shall have been openly pro- 
posed at a previous meeting and entered in the minutes, 
with the name of the member proposing the same, and 
shall be adopted by a majority of the members present at 
an annual or specially called meeting of the Society. 

SECTION XIX. 

No alteration nor amendment to the Constitution shall 
be agreed to except by a vote of three-fourths of a quo- 
rum present at any annual or specially called meeting, 
after thirty days' notice shall have been given of such 
proposed alteration or amendment. 



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SFXTION XX. 

It shall be the duty of every member to inform the 
Secretary, by written communication, of his place of 
residence and of any change thereof, and of his post- 
office address. 

Service of any notice under the Constitution or under 
these By-Laws upon any member of the Society, ad- 
dressed to him at his last recorded place of residence 
or post-office address, and forwarded by mail, shall be 
deemed sufficient service of such notice. 




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